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Michael Ansara
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American stage, screen, and voice actor (1922–2013)
Film & TV
Beirut, French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon [now Lebanon]
Michael Ansara was a stage, screen and voice actor, best known for his portrayal of Cochise in the American television series Broken Arrow, Kane in the 1979–81 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and as Commander Kang on three different Star Trek TV series.
Known for
- Batman Beyond: The Movie — Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze (voice)1999
- The Long Road Home — Murdock Haynes1999
- Batman Beyond — Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze (voice)1999
- Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero — Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze (voice)1998
- Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard — Malfeasor1997
- The New Batman Adventures — Mr. Freeze (voice)1997
- Star Trek: Voyager — Kang1995
- Babylon 5 — Elric1994
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Kang1993
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Jeyal1993
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1922-04-15 ) April 15, 1922, French Mandate of Syria , (present-day Syria)
- Died
- July 31, 2013 (2013-07-31) (aged 91), Calabasas, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Los Angeles City College
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1944–2001
- Spouses
- Jean Byron ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1955 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1956 ) Barbara Eden ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1974 ) Beverly Kushida ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 )
- Awards
- Hollywood Walk of Fame , Western Heritage Award , Saturn Award
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Syria
- Place of birth
- Syria
- Place of death
- Calabasas
- Spouse
- Barbara Eden
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Los Angeles City College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- Michael Ansara Law of the Plainsman 1959.JPG
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Michael Ansara
- date of birth
- 1922-04-15
- date of death
- 2013-07-31
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- start of work period
- 1944-00-00
- end of work period
- 2001-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- Syrians
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael George Ansara (Arabic: مايكل جورج عنصرة, romanized: Māykil Jōrj ʾAnṣara; April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013) was a Syrian‐American actor. He was often cast in Arab and Native American roles. His work in both film and television spanned several genres, including historical epics, Westerns, and science fiction.
He portrayed Cochise in the television series Broken Arrow 1956-1958, Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart in the NBC series Law of the Plainsman, Commander Kang in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager, Kane in the 1979–1981 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and provided the voice for Mr. Freeze in the DC Animated Universe.
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